The remote and desolate Charmadarbunia and Charkasem villages in Rangabali upazila have no primary schools for nearly 3,000 children of the families living there. They are being deprived of education like their forefathers. The people in those villages, which are old river shoals, are mostly illiterate…

Vehicular movement on the Matidali-Banani road came to a standstill for an hour yesterday due to severe traffic jam.  Sources said sufferings of town residents multiplied following the acute traffic jam, which is a regular phenomenon in Borogola and Satmatha area. Commuters blame the infringement…

A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her drug addicted step-son at Kartikdia village in Bagerhat Sadar upazila on Sunday evening, reports UNB. The deceased was Hasina Begum, a resident of the village. Family members said Hasina’s step-son Faruk Sheikh, 35, was a drug addict and used to torture…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested an alleged arms trader and recovered two foreign 7.65 mm pistols, four magazines and seven bullets from a mango orchard at Nalduburi in Shibganj upazila on Sunday afternoon. The arrestee was Md Sanaullah, 40, of Bagichakpara in Shibganj upazila.

Police arrested Juba Dal secretary of Lohagara upazila unit Md Ahaduzzaman from Joypur village, near upazila town, on Sunday night. Officer-in-charge of Lohagara police station Sheikh Lutfor Rahman said Ahaduzzaman has been arrested on charge of Kotakhol Land Office arson case. Besides, there are few…